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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Red Cloud's War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a treaty meeting between US soldiers and Cheyennes chief's this man said, " I felt myself in the presence of superior beings:"
(a) Chief Lean Bear
(b) General Sheridan
(c) Chief One Eye
(d) Major Wynkoop

2. What Navajo chief finally surrendered in 1866?
(a) Cochise
(b) Red Cloud
(c) Manuelito
(d) Geronimo

3. What is the name of the Fort where the Santee Sioux are kept until they are finally put on a reservation?
(a) Fort Defiance
(b) Fort Snelling
(c) Fort Ridgely
(d) Fort Sherman

4. Who was chief of the Wdewkantons?
(a) Crazy Horse
(b) Red Cloud
(c) Little Crow
(d) Sitting Bull

5. What white man tries to help the Cheyennes end their conflict with the soldiers?
(a) Kit Carson
(b) John Bent
(c) William Sherman
(d) George Custer

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Manifest Destiny?

2. What Indian chief always carried a flag and medals from President Lincoln because he thought that these would protect him?

3. The Wdewkantons, the Wahpetons, the Wahpekutes, and the Sissetons make up what Indian nation?

4. What is the most infamous battle of Red Cloud's war?

5. What is the name of the reservation where the Navajo are forced to live?

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